Green Coriander Oil

Mikaela Cooks
Aug 7, 2021
2 min read

Updated: Mar 2

A floral finishing oil to be enjoyed all summer.

Try drizzling green coriander oil over your next caprese salad this summer.

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Green Coriander Oil Recipe

Yield: 1/2 cup

Equipment: Mortar and Pestle

Ingredients:

3 TBSP Green coriander seeds
1/2 cup Olive oil
Maldon salt

Preparation:

Add green coriander seeds to a mortar with a pinch of maldon salt and pound with the pestle into a chunky paste.
Add olive oil and mix
Drizzle over everything.

flowering cilantro with green coriander seeds in a vase on the kitchen table

Your permission slip to let your cilantro to seed.

Green coriander, a chef's well kept secret. Cilantro is often consumed when the leaves are large and flat, similar to parsley, but later in the season or after a heat wave the plant flowers and goes to seed.

This is when I find cilantro to be at its most whimsical, aeromatic state. The white edible flowers make a beautiful garnish to any dish and the green coriander seeds make the most fragrant oil that wants to be drizzled on all your summer dishes.

Green Coriander

The little green pearls are the fresh equivalent of the dried brown coriander seeds you find at the grocery store. Only they are much more floral tasting then the dried version.

Coriander can be harvested while its green and plump, or you can wait until it is dried and brown. Both provide different flavors. Green coriander is bright and floral, while dried coriander has a nuttier profile.

Step by Step Visuals

Pound the coriander seeds until they burst and release their juices. Adding a pinch of flaky sea salt such as maldon salt can help break down the seeds